Whole Foods Market has announced the recipients of its 14th annual Supplier All-Star Awards, recognizing 16 supplier partners whose products, innovation and collaboration shaped the retailer’s assortment in 2025.
Selected by Whole Foods Market category experts, sourcing leaders and foragers, the awards honor suppliers that delivered performances in 2025 across key areas including product excellence, creativity, operational reliability and collaboration.
“With unwavering commitments around quality, innovation, differentiation, value and transparency, these 16 suppliers have helped us continue to raise the bar for our customers and contributed to our purpose of nourishing people and the planet,” said Sonya Gafsi Oblisk, VP of worldwide grocery stores private brands and marketing and chief merchandising and marketing officer at Whole Foods Market. “Whole Foods Market is proud to recognize these suppliers and their contributions throughout 2025 and beyond.”
This year’s honorees range from three to 36 years on the retailer’s shelves and represent a mix of emerging and established brands that made an impact on Whole Foods Market’s aisles over the past year. The recipients span multiple product categories, including branded and private label.
2025 Supplier All-Star Award Recipients are Aaji’s, Abe’s, Calyan Wax Co., Fishwife Tinned Seafood Co., Just Ice Tea, Kinder’s, Mark Foods, Marksbury Farm Market, MaryRuth’s, NestFresh, Niman Ranch, Oppy, Organic Valley, Row 7 Seed Company, Tsar Nicoulai and U.S. Waffle Company.
Founded in 1980, Whole Foods Market is the world’s leading natural and organic foods retailer and the first certified organic national grocer in the United States. Part of Amazon’s Worldwide Grocery Stores, the Austin, Texas-based retailer serves customers in more than 545 stores across the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
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